Taylor Wimpey Bristol has obtained reserved matters approval from Tewkesbury Borough Council for 257 dwellings at Innsworth, near Gloucester.
The development includes 176 new net zero carbon ready homes for army personnel and their families at Imjin Barracks as part of Taylor Wimpey’s partnership with the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO).
Work on the new homes, which are being provided under the Defence Estates Optimisation (DEO) Army Programme, will start later this year and they are due to be completed by 2026. The development will also feature 81 affordable homes of which 60% are for affordable rent and 40% are for immediate housing for the local community.
Keith Simmons, managing director of Taylor Wimpey Bristol, said: “We are extremely excited about this partnership with the British Army, as we know it will have a direct impact on the lives of soldiers and their families, who sacrifice so much for the benefit of many. By working together with DIO to deliver these high quality and sustainable new homes, we can ensure that local army personnel will benefit from the very latest sustainable building methods and technologies, providing them with homes that are equipped for the future. The support we have received from Boyer through the planning process has greatly assisted the project.”
Jemma Shorrock, associate director in Boyer’s Bristol office, which assisted Taylor Wimpey on the planing application, added: “It has been exciting to assist Taylor Wimpey in securing this latest reserved matters approval to enable the delivery of much needed affordable housing and new net zero carbon ready homes for army personnel. The development is one of the first of its kind and may well be an exemplar development to the wider development industry. We very much look forward to seeing this phase of development completed.”
